Asked whether Armenia could lose the opportunity to nominate its
representative to the post of secretary general of the organization,
Zohrabyan responded in a similar way: "Consultations are continuing."

It should be reminded that CSTO Secretary General Yury Khachaturov is
accused of overthrowing the constitutional order in the so-called
"March 1, 2008 case". At that time he held the post of the head of
the Yerevan garrison. By a court decision of July 28, he was arrested
and then released on bail in the amount of 5 million drams. In the
same case, the second Armenian President Robert Kocharian and the
former head of the Ministry of Defense of the Republic of Armenia
Mikael Harutyunyan are on the wanted list. On August 2, the Special
Investigative Service stated that the preventive measure chosen
against Yuri Khachaturov is not an obstacle for him to absent himself
from Armenia for some time. At the same time, the CAS did not detail
the permissible period of its absence. Earlier, official Yerevan
suggested that CSTO colleagues consider the possibility of replacing
the candidacy of the CSTO Secretary General from Armenia in
connection with the criminal prosecution of Yuri Khachaturov.